CONNECT, Inc.

Lobbying client

CONNECT, Inc. is a Manhattan-based nonprofit that works to prevent domestic and intimate partner violence and promote gender justice, running a training institute for social service professionals and a program that supports NYC organizations serving survivors. In city lobbying records it filed 15 disclosures since 2024, registered citywide with all 51 council members, through the firms Hollis Public Affairs and The Wright Group NY, with subjects centered on securing city budget funding for its programs. It reported $64,400 in lobbying compensation and holds about $11.1 million in city contracts since 2008, none currently active.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$69,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$236,250 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$11,319,740 · 51 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$10,582,461
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $11,301,740 · 49 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$12,506,842 · 157 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$169,608 · Quentin Walcott, Executive Director
Based in
Greeley Square Station, NY

Represented by lobbyist firms

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

City contracts

Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).

Largest payments, by purpose

The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

Funded by these council members

City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.

Officer & key-staff pay

Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +28% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.

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